tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post8215441673264664682..comments2024-02-20T07:29:05.475+00:00Comments on Galactic Antics | The ramblings of another Star Wars gaming blogger: The Companion Comparison: The 'Bog Standard' vs. The Cartel BeastsGalactic Anticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414162698665967228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post-78246844214033073932016-09-27T09:57:42.704+01:002016-09-27T09:57:42.704+01:00Zeeyo's her own case of bizarre as well, thoug...Zeeyo's her own case of bizarre as well, though, so even she can't be compared properly to the archetypes. <br /><br />Whilst a lot of her abilities are the same, the biggest difference is her Sunder ability. Rather than simply being a periodic debuff, hers is a very hard-hitting cast (maximum 33,228 damage over 4 seconds), but as with all Sunder abilities it does not improve with Weapon rating. However, its cooldown is such that a more traditional Companion can perform two of its Sunder ability in this time and thus have slightly more uptime even if the damage is ultimately lower. <br /><br />Indeed, when I recently pit my Influence 50 Zeeyo against the aforementioned Vette (because having Companions duel is a fun way of testing their short-term capabilities), Vette kept on besting her because she couldn't use her Armaments quick enough.Calphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809660484854758097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post-29779751493909071702016-09-27T00:05:55.352+01:002016-09-27T00:05:55.352+01:00Got a chance to check - T4 uses a Blaster Rifle. I...Got a chance to check - T4 uses a Blaster Rifle. Incidentally, Z0-OM uses a Blaster Pistol (uses the RK-7 Starforged model). I haven't paid enough attention to her in combat to see her using it, though, instead of her built-ins.Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post-86547842512728050012016-09-26T23:36:48.052+01:002016-09-26T23:36:48.052+01:00That's a shame that they converted Rusk to Sni...That's a shame that they converted Rusk to Sniper Rifles. I mean, I get that they were previously rarely used, but so were Cannons. And <i>every</i> companion with a weapons change went to Sniper Rifle.<br /><br />Not to mention HK-55's "sniper rifle" that looks an awful lot like a blaster rifle, and fails to distiguish between him and -51<br /><br />Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post-39544122450502906762016-09-26T22:17:43.907+01:002016-09-26T22:17:43.907+01:00I totally forgot about the Assault Cannon wielders...I totally forgot about the Assault Cannon wielders! It really doesn't help their case that the only ones we can all theoretically get on our characters now are K'krohl and the Warbot since Rusk moved to using Sniper Rifles like Aric. Hopefully we'll get a couple more down the line, but I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't.<br /><br />Since the rating of damage dealt by the weapons factors into the standard Companions, I, too would expect the Droids to match their archetypes. I think the T4-1D wields the blaster rifle, if memory serves correctly? Regardless, they certainly seem to be quite varied, with the Probe Droid's pistol, ISO and T4's rifles, Warbot's cannon, and Q0's dual-pistols. Calphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809660484854758097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973603753716110278.post-40123707328305605472016-09-26T20:51:49.653+01:002016-09-26T20:51:49.653+01:00I'd be interested to see how the droids do, th...I'd be interested to see how the droids do, though I would expect they match their weapon types.<br /><br />I suppose the Assault-cannon-wielding comps are a bit exotic (there's 3 that I know of: Rusk, Personal Warbot, and K'krohl)<br /><br />While I have the Warbot(Cannon), the T4-1D(Blaster? It's not modeled, and since you can't see the crystal color very well, I haven't looked at what it carries), and the QO-77(twin pistols), I don't currently have the resources to crank any one of them to 50, much less all of them. Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.com